Optimism And Hope Quotes

• Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.

  Jack Layton

  Inspiration, Optimistic, Careers

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  Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

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• Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

  Noam Chomsky

  Believe, Future, Optimistic

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• Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.

  Nelson Mandela

  Moving, Optimistic, Feet

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

  Vaclav Havel

  Inspiring, Dream, Hope

  "Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala". Book by Václav Havel, translated by Paul Wilson. Chapter 5: "The Politics of Hope", 1990.

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• Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies.

  Thomas Friedman

  Attitude, Optimism, Strategy

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• Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.

  Bill Crawford

  People, Optimism, Worry

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• Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

  Nicholas Murray Butler

  Motivational, Positive, Success

  Nicholas Murray Butler (1951). “Commencement Addresses”

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• Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Optimism, Hopeful, Pessimism

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• The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

  Oscar Wilde

  Positive, Funny Inspirational, Attitude

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.52, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Hope, Inspiration, Future

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• Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Passion, Light, Hopeful

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• My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

  Jack Layton

  Love, Inspirational, Hope

  Jack Layton's Letter to Canadians, www.theglobeandmail.com. August 20, 2011.

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• So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.

  Jack Layton

  Optimistic, Hopeful, World

  Jack Layton's Letter to Canadians, www.theglobeandmail.com. August 20, 2011.

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• Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Faith

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.585, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• Hope changes everything. It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Summer, Creativity, Winter

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• I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

  Nelson Mandela

  Courage, Peace, Moving

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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• There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.

  Nelson Mandela

  Optimistic, Dark, Optimism

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.134, Pan Macmillan

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• Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.

  Dan Miller

  Optimism, Worry, Sorrow

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• Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.

  Richard DeVos

  Positive, Smile, Hope

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• I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

  Michael Jordan

  Positive, Attitude, Optimistic

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• Learn from yesterday, live for today.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, New Year, Hope

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• Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Cute, Positive, Leadership

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• I've always thought New Year's Day was an especially American tradition, full of the optimism and hope we're famous for in our daily lives -- an energy and confidence we call the American spirit. Perhaps because we know we control our own destiny, we believe deep down inside that working together we can make each new year better than the old.

  Ronald Reagan

  New Year, Believe, Destiny

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimist tends to hold back people of vision from pushing ahead.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Opportunity

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.57, Moody Publishers

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